Man the Xbox360 addon prices are annoying...

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12-07-2006, 03:40 PM
rhettro

Basically what I'm saying is, radiation is all around us. In fact we need radiation to survive (i.e. sunlight). Sunlight can also give you skin cancer. No study has yet shown a link between cellphone radiation and brain tumors and cellphones have been around for a long time. Statistically, this means you are at least a 1000 (if not a million) times more likely to die from skin cancer from being out in the sun than getting a brain tumor from a cellphone. I don't understand such aversion to cellphones, when there are so many other things out there that are much more likely to cause you harm.
12-07-2006, 03:45 PM
rimmerchant

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Yup, Wii costs when added up:
250 for console
25 for classic controller
30 for component cables
60 for nunchuck + wiimote
50 for 4 gig SD card
=415 just to get me started

360 for me to get started was 400 (actually 275 since I bought it used.)

Yeah TELL ME ABOUT IT!
$365 Wii package (with extra remote/nunchuck & Zelda game)
$73 amazon.com (2x gamecubewavebird controller + GC memory card)
$37 (3 used game GC off ebay, Fzero, metroid I + 2)
~$30 1 gig SD card..
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$515 spent! in just 3 day..

gaming is expensive.. ( but granted I didn't have to buy the gamecube stuff)

btw: can i use the game cube controller to play virtual console stuff?
12-07-2006, 04:10 PM
taggart6

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Originally Posted by rimmerchant

btw: can i use the game cube controller to play virtual console stuff?

Nope..I think you need a virtual controller...and you have to buy wii points to buy virtual games. It hink its $20 for 2000.
12-07-2006, 04:28 PM
ImaNihilist

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Originally Posted by rhettro

I don't understand such aversion to cellphones, when there are so many other things out there that are much more likely to cause you harm.

You know how many differnt things I can replace wher ethe word "cellphone" is? Smoking, drinking, eating rare meat, standing in front of the microwave with your head pressed against the glass to see if you can hear your food cooking, playing with mercury, etc..

****, you are more likely to die in a car accident every day than probably anything else. That doesn't mean it's a good idea to spend all day drinking, and smoking, while shrinking potatochip bags in the microwave and talking to your friend about it on your cellphone.

Cell phones may have been around for a while, but it's only in the last 10 years where everyone has one, and people are using them for two hours a day, every day.

I tend to believe that anything which emits radiation is going to contribute to you getting cancer, including the sun. That's why I keep my geiger counter close to me at all times so I know exactly how much I'm getting.
12-07-2006, 04:33 PM
vairox

hahaha. I have over 4,000 rollover mins this year alone, on a 400 min/month plan, that means I talk on average a little over 3 mins a day on my cell - the ones you have to worry about are the ones that drive and talk at the same time - they hit their brakes to answer the phone, then keep tapping their brakes with nothing/no one in front of them while going 17 miles per hour down the road, I am MORE than convinced that talking on a phone is equivilent to a .12 BAC, absolutely convinced, they should be banned while driving and california's new law that fines you $20 for talking on your phone is a joke, whats $20 to someone who can't live without a phone surgically attached to their ear?
12-07-2006, 04:41 PM
rhettro

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

Cell phones may have been around for a while, but it's only in the last 10 years where everyone has one, and people are using them for two hours a day, every day.

400,000 people, 20 years of use, no increase in cancer rates. I'm not worried.
12-07-2006, 04:45 PM
remo

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Yup, Wii costs when added up:
250 for console
25 for classic controller
30 for component cables
60 for nunchuck + wiimote
50 for 4 gig SD card
=415 just to get me started

360 for me to get started was 400 (actually 275 since I bought it used.)

What do you need a 4gig SD card for right now? It has plenty of internal memory. And a classic controller is only required if you want to play VC games.
12-07-2006, 04:49 PM
flutie98

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Originally Posted by taggart6

Nope..I think you need a virtual controller...and you have to buy wii points to buy virtual games. It think its $20 for 2000.

yes you can use the gc controller to play most VC games, on the VC purchase screen it has a picture of the controllers allowed for each games
12-07-2006, 04:55 PM
taggart6

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Originally Posted by flutie98

yes you can use the gc controller to play most VC games, on the VC purchase screen it has a picture of the controllers allowed for each games

really? Damn..hahah...thats good to hear. Any details on which games support the GC controller?

EDIT: Lifted from wikipedia:
NES, SNES and N64 are all compatable with the GC controller.
Some turbographix and sega gaes are also compatable.

EDIT2:Fro wikipedia:
All current non-snes Virtual games are compatable with the GC controller and wii remote.
12-07-2006, 05:24 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by rimmerchant

btw: can i use the game cube controller to play virtual console stuff?

Yep. With the GC controller you'll be able to control every virtual console game.
12-07-2006, 05:26 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by taggart6

really? Damn..hahah...thats good to hear. Any details on which games support the GC controller?

EDIT: Lifted from wikipedia:
NES, SNES and N64 are all compatable with the GC controller.
Some turbographix and sega gaes are also compatable.

EDIT2:Fro wikipedia:
All current non-snes Virtual games are compatable with the GC controller and wii remote.

All virtual console games can be controlled with the GC controller. TG16, NES and some Genesis games can also be controller with the Wii Remote on its own (being held sideways).
12-07-2006, 05:35 PM
UghMAS

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Originally Posted by KaoTiK

lol, not quite yet my friend. $700 for a 8800GTX, $250 for a Mobo, $400 for the processor, $200 for the ram, $80 for the case, $100 for the sound card, $20 for a DVD drive, $80 for a HDD, $80 for a PSU, $300 for a monitor, $250 for speakers. $2460.

You could buy a HDTV bigger than the computer monitor, the console, and all the accessories you need and still have money left over to go out and buy a cheeseburger at Burger King. :)

yeah 8800GTX's are SO necessary, might as well get 2 for sli.
12-07-2006, 06:19 PM
XJ

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Originally Posted by KaoTiK

lol, not quite yet my friend. $700 for a 8800GTX, $250 for a Mobo, $400 for the processor, $200 for the ram, $80 for the case, $100 for the sound card, $20 for a DVD drive, $80 for a HDD, $80 for a PSU, $300 for a monitor, $250 for speakers. $2460.

You could buy a HDTV bigger than the computer monitor, the console, and all the accessories you need and still have money left over to go out and buy a cheeseburger at Burger King. :)

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Originally Posted by UghMAS

yeah 8800GTX's are SO necessary, might as well get 2 for sli.

Yeah I thought that was pretty lame... (along with other numbers in that post) PCs are already more expensive you don't have to exaggerate it. I agree with your point KaoTiK, but your comparison is ridiculous.
12-07-2006, 06:27 PM
Snakespy

Boulder (MEDIA) has corrupted you ImaNihilist, you need to think about moving out of there ;)
12-07-2006, 06:37 PM
Timman_24

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

You can show me all the studies you want. Radiation causes cancer. Cell phones give off radiation. Cell phones likely have SOME negative effect. Putting a device that emits radiation next to your head can't possibly be good for you.

You are getting into probabilities that are so small they are negligible.

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